Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31

mine. He is withal one of the representa-
tive business men Of that grand silver
camp.
Schmidt & Gamer have moved their
business Office to the second floor Of their
building On Main Strest. =
A local in yesterdays MINER, reading
that the schools of the city will open Sept.
2, should have read Sept. IL.
A lease of the Pollock lode from. Joaquin
Abascal to W. A., j.. r. and J.. K. Clark
was filed for record yesterday.
Miss Alice Marsh, an accomplished vocal
list and pianist. formerly OF Denver, is in
the city and purpt ses locating.
The Anaconda Fluming Company adver-
tise elsewhere in this issue for 800 wood
choppers. Work will be given tor one year.
There was no quorum present at the City
Hall last evening and the Council meeting
was postponed until Tuesday evening next.
Eleven bars OF Moulton bullion, weighing
1,O22 pounds and twenty bars Of Alice
bullion, weighing 2,O72 pounds we're shipped
by the Pacific Express Company yester-
day.
The miners of the Friday night shift gave
their earnings for that night to the widow
of Jerry Toomey, and the men on the
other shifts at the Parrot will initiate their
p1 aiseworfhy example.
Charley Booth is in receipt OF o letter
written by his mother from Camp jolly
Canada, on birch bark. The material is
thinner than ordinary letter paper. and
was taken from the tree in the manner in
which it was received.
Before leaving for Helena to represent
The MINER at the special session, Phil
Julian was presented with an elegantly
polished bison wood cane It is a good
stout cane. and Phil will be able to stand
by his specials in good form.
Last night the officers arrested Chas.
Bach for begging money. Jim Kane, John
Murphy, and a man named Sundyvist
were also arrested for engaging in a fight in
the Little Chief saloon. The two former
were lodged in the city jail. Sundyvist is
out on bond.
The Montana Sunday School Associa'
ton met in convention in Deer Lodge last
week. Rev. T. v. Moore, of Helena, was
elected President for the ensuing year and
a Vice. President elected from each County
in the Territory. j. E. Richards was
elected from Silver Bow County.
Police Judge Hamilton did not transact
a great amount of business yesterday,
Hugh Mclaughlin was convicted of being
drunk and asleep on the sidewalk and in
default of 81 and costs was committed to
Jail. VIM. Bowers, guilty of the same
~offense, pleaded guilty and received the
same fine, which be paid.
The able auctioneer at the picture sale
was inspired to say last night that q lady
had told him she had been in the business
but three months, but could paint with the
best of 'em. Then he turned his attention
to selling pocket pianos on the theory that
high art was at a discount here. and that
music might have charms to soothe the
savage breast.
Officer Lytle went down to Deer Lodge
last Saturday and arrested q gentleman
recently connected with an amusement hal
at the suit of Lachman & Dunstan, and
brought him back here. Yesterday a tele.
gram was received from his br ,ther in San
Francisco by a gentleman to settle the &C
count, and the case will therefore not ap.
pear in court.
In Justice Lippincott's court yesterday
James w. Cowhey was fined $50 and sen-
fenced to sixty days imprisonment for an
assault on a man named Stale. In the
complain was dismissed, it being q
neighborhood quarrel which may as well
be fought out at home as in the courts at
the expense of the taxpayers.
Dan Gamer returned Friday from a visit
to Boulder and Basin and reports both
those villages in a prosperous condition.
Monday last the end OF track was three
and a half miles this side Of Boulder and
will reach Basin this week. Trains are now
running to the former point where stages
make connection from the Capital and
other points East and West on the North
ern Pacific.